This is an analysis of the poem Et Vinterbillede that begins with:

Jeg synes, som før jeg det Gjærde har sét
og kunde det Hele tegne;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXX aXXX XbXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX cXXX dXdX XXXX cXXX XXXX XXXX cXXX XXXX XXXX aXaX XbcX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111111 11111 11111011110 111100 111111010 1101101 110101111 1011 111110011110 111101010 1001110 1101100 110100111 1111101 110110101 1100101 11011010110 1111110 1110011011 1111101 1101101101 1100110 1100110111 1011100 1111101 111100 111011 11111 110111111 111011 10111001011 11111110 01111110 1111001 1010111100 10111011 111101111 10101011 1110111101 1110011 111111 1101111 11111111 1100111 100111 0111001 110111001 01101 10111111 110111 111011111 110111 11111101 0101000 1101111111 11010000 110011111 1011110 1111101101 110011000 10011101 1111110 110111110 1101110 110111010 1111100 10101010110 110111010 110100110 111110 1111111111 111010110 1011011 11111100 1110111 10110110 110101111 11101 11011111101 11111 1111101011 1010101 101011101 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; det, og, de, er, l are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words og, denne, jeg are repeated.

    The author used the same word jeg at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Et Vinterbillede;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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